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What do YOU think about the military?

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BlueSteele
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
Just wondering what most people think of it. It's ok if you wouldn't ever join, just want to know how you see it as a typical American.
Feb 26 2007 1:26AM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
I would never join and if I got drafted I would do everything I could to get out of it. I don't want to get put in a situation where I would have to kill people or be killed.

Feb 26 2007 1:29AM
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holyDINOSAURS
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im canadian.
Feb 26 2007 1:29AM
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BlueSteele
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
drafted?...

but ya understandable
Feb 26 2007 1:36AM
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slaydave
Posts: 1697 - Karma: 62
military is lame, fuck american government... and i dont give a shit what any of u nationalistic brianwashed patriots say about me... u all are the problem with this country
Feb 26 2007 1:43AM
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slaydave
Posts: 1697 - Karma: 62
*brainwashed
Feb 26 2007 1:44AM
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nosnowsnakes
Posts: 301 - Karma: 133
It's fucked that they have to die for a worthless cause. I wouldn't join because I don't agree with the govenments reasons for fighting.
Feb 26 2007 1:47AM
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BlueSteele
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...?
Feb 26 2007 1:52AM
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slaydave
Posts: 1697 - Karma: 62
^ u asked what i thought, would u like me to elaborate? this stuff gets me pissed i wish u wouldnt have started this thread...
Feb 26 2007 1:54AM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,816
the military is an unfortunate yet absolute necessity.
Feb 26 2007 1:55AM
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Campeador
Posts: 7516 - Karma: -1,227
you are an idiot, that is all.
Feb 26 2007 1:56AM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
plus you're a woman
Feb 26 2007 1:57AM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist
Feb 26 2007 1:58AM
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Troutbum.
Posts: 45 - Karma: 10
I almost joined the navy but decided to get through college before joining.
Feb 26 2007 1:59AM
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BlueSteele
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
uncalled for to be a dick to me. you sound like a 14 year old who can't find his porn stack
Feb 26 2007 2:00AM
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nosnowsnakes
Posts: 301 - Karma: 133
Lol... well yeah, that too.
Feb 26 2007 2:02AM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
worthless? No. Not worth it? Probably.
Feb 26 2007 2:07AM
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theoz
Posts: 2379 - Karma: 128
Fuck that shit, fuuck the army fuck bush and fuck WAR..
Feb 26 2007 2:11AM
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unchyll
Posts: 4554 - Karma: 96
We probaly wouldnt even have to use our military if we kept our noses out of other countries shit, why the fuck cant we be like canada. We shouldnt go around forcing our ways to other countries seriously if we go into another war I am striaght up leaving to whistler with friends. It really pisses me off when people start calling me a "hippy" or how im so ungrateful about having the oppurtunity to live in america but i really dont get it, so i can drive around in a car that is 2x the size of others in europe and other countries while fucking up the o-zone at the same time then being told i have complete freedom but then gettin arrested for having some bud on me while people are being murdered and robbed then having to deal with our presidents fuck-ups that could bring death to hundreds of thousands young men and women and the fact that our government lies to us so much its getting redik
Feb 26 2007 2:13AM
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BlueSteele
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
mitch will get into this eventually
Feb 26 2007 2:17AM
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fappy
Posts: 2960 - Karma: 15
damn it's crazy how public opinion can shift. like 3 or 4 years ago, just when iraq was getting going, supilot and lineskier and basically everyone on this website was all yea yea the war is the best possible thing for this country, anyone who disagrees is a pussy, yada yada....

i haven't seen these kids on here in awhile though, i wonder if their opinions have changed.
Feb 26 2007 2:18AM
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BlueSteele
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
you are 100% correct. everyone who disagrees is gonna deny it though.
Feb 26 2007 2:21AM
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newschooler8924
Posts: 747 - Karma: 9
if the military was more badass i would join , today its a bunch of fucking retarted right wing assholes who couldnt knock out a fucking pregnant paraplegic midget, if we were more ruthless like the british in the revolutionary war i would totally be into it. the only part of the military i have any respect for and any interest in are the special forces(seals,rangers,delta etc) the national guard and reserve are a fucking joke too.
Feb 26 2007 2:55AM
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newschooler8924
Posts: 747 - Karma: 9
also might i add that the training our troops get is weak, if we had a small number(20k) of very highly trained troops we could do anything.
Feb 26 2007 2:57AM
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Crossfade
Posts: 743 - Karma: 24
i was gonna join the canadian military but then i saw thier new "ad" and it scared me, they seem more legit now.
Feb 26 2007 3:13AM
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PurpleSkier
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if some country was invading us. like maybe the chinese when they realize calling our debt could be genius to topple our country. I would go and fight, because fuck letting someone come into your homeland and fuck it up.

But I also think that going and fucking with other countries. ie. iraq and iran, ultimately will lead to a massacre if they move into iran. that will be fucked up. everytime a country has stepped outside of it's borders and taken on domination strategy has led to their fall. Hitler only lasted for so long. Rome fell.

A country's military should be for protecting its homeland. and so in times of crisis. ie. Hurricane Katrina. They could be used to help evacuate, and rebuild the damaged parts of our country, and make it a better place. And then if somebody came and fucked with us, they'd take up arms. That's how it should be used.
Feb 26 2007 6:24AM
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Sean...M
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if i get a xxl camo suit out of it yes



but i would actually kind of like to join the forces. they pay off your college, yet you still serve for them afterwards, i think its worth the $$$ imo. But, i've heard some pretty brutal stories from iraq, such as a sgt. getting arrested for raping a girl and killing her family around her then shooting her in the head. other then that, i wouldn't mind, but theres other things i would rather do in life.
Feb 26 2007 7:43AM
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Scolson
Posts: 2904 - Karma: 92
you all sound like hippies
Feb 26 2007 9:15AM
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SmoKinSkier
Posts: 5501 - Karma: 20
you get a shitload of really baggy camo suits and u get a bad ass coat with white fur hood....I know cuz im in the air force national guard.

And i dont care what any of you have to say. Because they pay 100% of my college tutition i just recieved a $20,000 signing bonus and i get paid 900 bux a month to work 2 days!!

I did it cuz it was really one of the only ways i could go to college now it has me financially set...I dare you to knock that
Feb 26 2007 9:34AM
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SmoKinSkier
Posts: 5501 - Karma: 20
check it out

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Feb 26 2007 9:36AM
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grubix2
Posts: 2628 - Karma: 25
damn. nice uniform

Feb 26 2007 10:00AM
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
i'm not going to volunteer, but if i'm drafted i'm not going to become canadian
Feb 26 2007 10:01AM
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Ghost_Dog1
Posts: 26 - Karma: 10
fuck you hippy
Feb 26 2007 10:11AM
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Mod
Posts: 3179 - Karma: 11
If nobody joined the fucking military it'd be one big problem for us wouldn't it? jesus christ you are retarded go move to fucking france you ungrateful peice of shit.
Feb 26 2007 10:34AM
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Mod
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Jesus christ thank god you weren't president during 1942.
Feb 26 2007 10:41AM
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Sean...M
Posts: 2450 - Karma: 14
yeah dude. is it hard to get into the national gaurd cuz i wanna do something like that
Feb 26 2007 10:49AM
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unchyll
Posts: 4554 - Karma: 96
Thats really funny cus the government fucked us over then too
roosevelt said he would stay completly nuetral after being relected but then started to provoke japan and germany by making a fleat of ships in the pacific so their would be no way that japan could get into america to attack and made it look like we were going to attack them so we go to war and could get germany's oil since once we would be in war with japan and germany too but his plan was discovered by Admiral J.O. Richardson and was forced to stop then the japanese found out that pearl habor was for targetting japan and all hell broke loose
Feb 26 2007 11:24AM
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nitsua
Posts: 4631 - Karma: 726
im not joining.
Feb 26 2007 12:08PM
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jacqui-la-fripui
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everybody in the military today wants to be a hero like the people in ww2 movies. but those days are over but all the people cant get over that so we have to go fuck with other countrys to start wars so then we can have more heros who want to die for their country.

whatever, there is no freedom in this country anyways so who cares
Feb 26 2007 12:26PM
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MitchPee
Posts: 8871 - Karma: 1,509
Wow...

Extreme much?
Feb 26 2007 12:27PM
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lushlaxstr
Posts: 3063 - Karma: 41
my friend showed me a picture of his eyes and it looked like a vagina
Feb 26 2007 12:28PM
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MitchPee
Posts: 8871 - Karma: 1,509
Actually the military is mostly made up of black and Hispanic members.
Feb 26 2007 12:29PM
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snowboardkid21
Posts: 182 - Karma: 10
im doing it. i wanna fight for our countrey. I know i will probily have to kill somebody or maybe get killed. but thats a chance im going to take
Feb 26 2007 12:30PM
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lushlaxstr
Posts: 3063 - Karma: 41
your a god damn nazi fag
Feb 26 2007 12:31PM
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MitchPee
Posts: 8871 - Karma: 1,509
Um, China can't "call" us out on our debt. If they did such a thing they would lose all corporate progression that has been made there for the past 5 years and would completely destroy their own economy.
Feb 26 2007 12:32PM
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snowboardkid21
Posts: 182 - Karma: 10

hey stfu fag, i dont see you doing anything

Feb 26 2007 12:33PM
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MitchPee
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Now that's just completely untrue.

Travel the world come back and tell me this country doesn't have any freedom. Where do you get your "hero" basis? My neighbors in the army and he does his job and doesn't try to be heroic. You are just making a retarded generalization with absolutely no supporting evidence.
Feb 26 2007 12:35PM
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MitchPee
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Well it's no lie that the US has the hgihest military budget by far. It is questionable as to whether we should have that nor not, but that's besides the point.

The military provides great opportunities to that of lower-class families. They get to go to school, get good experience, and ultimately end up with a job. These are the same kids that were expelled in high school and didn't graduate. I think it's a great social benefit, but the whole direction we are headed is going to mess us up in the future.

Our military is far too spread and far too envoloped in world issues. We need to back down a little from being the big shot on campus. It will prove once we are no longer the super power and others have passed us. Then again, where do you think our country makes a lot of money? The military industry...
Feb 26 2007 12:40PM
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lushlaxstr
Posts: 3063 - Karma: 41
thats because war is bad and i dont want to kill another human. but ya, make fun of me for that.
Feb 26 2007 12:44PM
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Rez4frederick
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explain how us paying china our trillions in debt would destroy their economy.......please, im all ears.  Quit acting like one action is going to destroy them bro, this isnt a global economy, yet.

The truth is, you have to pay a loan back someday.  If you are smart and invest smartly with the money you got loaned, you will make all that money back, which is the exact opposite of what we are doing.   
Feb 26 2007 12:48PM
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Armanzoid
Posts: 2453 - Karma: 26
I come from another country, therefore have dual citizenship. So id just bounce back home.
Feb 26 2007 12:51PM
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